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insensible

[in-sen-suh-buhl] / ɪnˈsɛn sə bəl /


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I call this process catastrophic gradualism: the small, almost insensible accumulation of evils, fairly minor in their individual character, but which when considered whole, inspire a pervasive feeling of dread.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2025

Butkus’s image was a metaphor for what pro football players had become over 50 years: preternatural creatures, cold, insensible to hurt.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2020

The car is a dark conglomerate of metal, glass, and plastic, as inanimate and insensible as a stone.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

A week later, the telegraph lines clattered with news of Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre in Washington and the chilling way it was put into words by Stanton: “The president continues insensible and is sinking.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2016

Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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